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  1. Is Fascism Left or Right

    @Pilgrim, Hannah Arendt was a well respected political theorist.
  2. Is Fascism Left or Right

    https://www.amazon.com/They-Thought-Were-Free-Germans/dp/B071L6WGLG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1542316676&sr=8-2&keywords=they+thought+they+were+free
  3. Is Fascism Left or Right

    Really? Tell that to the millions that were slaughtered during the war!
  4. Is Fascism Left or Right

    Why not compare and contrast the actual factual history of the time. To cherry pick to suit your own narrative leads nowhere, but down the road of fallacious arguments.
  5. Is Fascism Left or Right

    He is wrong and is promoting his own revisionist theories. Historians are in disagreement. His credibility is low given that he bases much of his work on conspiracy theories.
  6. Is Fascism Left or Right

    Hitler was not a fan of socialism, but one of his associates was. That is discussed in "Rise and Fall" which I posted earlier. Without the assistance of German and other corporations at the time, Hitler would not have succeeded. Corporate power fused with state power = fascism, at it's most simplistic.
  7. Is Fascism Left or Right

    Read and listen to what I posted. FYI, Hitler hated the communists/leftists in which he associated the Jews with. If you read Kershaw that will be clear. I believe it is on page 44 of the book referenced. Hint ( Munich).
  8. Is Fascism Left or Right

    Joseph Goebbels speeches which are quite revealing as to the ideological tenets of fascism and propaganda. https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goebmain.htm
  9. Is Fascism Left or Right

    I have a very good friend who was a translator at the Nuremberg Tribunals as well as an uncle that was one of the first soldiers to see the concentration camps. To rely on knowing these two persons does not give me license to posit an argument such as yours. The fallacious argument as to history being written by the conquers in this instance is way off the mark. Why? The facts are all in the documents that were captured by the allies which historians used to compile writings regarding that point in time. If you continue to use worn out fallacious arguments as a basis for your narrative, then any discussion is pointless.
  10. Is Fascism Left or Right

    The facts are there in the links I posted and anyone who seeks to revise such is in error! Knowing a few persons from that era does not make for a factual argument which is a fallacy of false analogy.
  11. Is Fascism Left or Right

    As a racist policy the Nazi's used Jim Crow laws. This is old news for anyone who has studied this.
  12. Is Fascism Left or Right

    Don't need to read again. The books and audio I linked to are well worth the time to read and listen to. I am just setting the record straight here.
  13. Is Fascism Left or Right

    The bold above is a complete fabrication and does not rely on historical fact! Fascism is a right wing idealogical movement which is easily proven if one has even a modicum of intellectual curiosity. Revisionist interpretations seem to run amok these days which are for the most part the work of Jonah Goldberg. I read his book on fascism and found it to be bereft of historical facts. If you are in the least bit curious I recommend the following; https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-1889-1936-Hubris-ebook/dp/B01AVKWG5K/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1542299279&sr=1-3&keywords=Ian+Kershaw Dr. Timothy Snyder "On Tryanny" Hannah Arendt "The Origins of Totalitarianism" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004Q9TLJW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
  14. Cannabis Legalization Movement

    A major correction is needed in regards as to how Cannabis has been mischaracterized in that Cannabis is not a drug, but is a herbaceous plant. Pharmaceuticals are drugs, not Cannabis. Another big lie propagated by drug warriors!
  15. Cannabis Legalization Movement

    This is very good news which should take some of the profit and power away from the cartels. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-supreme-court-says-ban-on-recreational-marijuana-unconstitutional/ar-BBPbZxw
  16. Human destruction of nature

    The biosphere is already in the 6th mass extinction, or Holocene extinction and if key species are wiped out by humans, then our species will not survive. Pollinators are the key to human survival.
  17. Cannabis Legalization Movement

    Revisiting this thread which I will give updates regarding the legalization movement here in the U.S. and elsewhere. Back later on with comments and updates. I changed the title which was in regards to Nipton California becoming a new resort which features cannabis.
  18. US Constitution 101

    In what way were persons/person defined in 1787? Without that understanding, then one falls into the Originalism/Textualism interpretation which is an error in reason. For such an enlghtened document, then why were women not given equal status with men? Moreover, many of the framers were slave owners. https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1558&context=lawineq
  19. Complex numbers

    In what way does nonlinear dynamics complexity fit into this? Strogatz’s writings?
  20. Complex numbers

    For anyone having trouble with this read his blog. There are a number of things he discusses that can be put into practice. When it comes to tracing sound to it’s origin I was taught the same thing in Dzogchen teachings.
  21. Complex numbers

    Time is not a linear phenomenon, but fluid?
  22. Into the void..

    Who comes back if at all?
  23. Complex numbers

    One problem I see with discussions of this nature is that language in general is binary and English is no exception. Binary is limited and conditions the mind in seeking simplictic answers in the form of “is” or “to be”. Voidisyinyang is presenting a difficult subject in that if one is unwilling to transform personal conditioning which requires critical thinking and curiosity then why bother.
  24. Complex numbers

    Why not Google it? Start with commutativity which is a really simple concept.
  25. Universal Basic Income is not Socialism

    Prove your statement with factual historical references.